Welcome to another FMP Essentials Express episode — fast, focused, and packed with high-yield insights for practitioners, health coaches, and functional medicine fans who want powerful takeaways in just minutes. 

In this episode, Dr. Yousef Elyaman sits down with Dr. Anil Bajnath, a physician at the forefront of precision medicine, genomics, epigenetics, and individualized care, to break down how genetics, environment, and lifestyle intersect to create truly personalized healing. 

You’ll learn what an N-of-1 approach really means (and why it’s the future), how genes interact with the exposome and chronobiome, and which high-impact genes can radically change your prevention and treatment strategy.  

What You’ll Learn in This Express Episode 

• What true precision medicine is — far beyond a panel of SNPs 

• How N-of-1 care reframes diagnosis, optimization, and personalized treatment 

• Why environment (the exposome) controls 70% of health outcomes 

• How circadian rhythms (the chronobiome) regulate metabolism, sleep, and gene expression 

• Why identical genes don’t produce identical lives — and how epigenetics rewrites the story 

• The top gene variants that influence brain health, methylation, detoxification & longevity 

• How practitioners can integrate actionable genomics into everyday patient care 

Key Takeaways 

1. Genes load the gun, but environment pulls the trigger. 
   Epigenetics determines how genes express, adapt, and shift across a lifetime. 


2. Precision medicine requires precision lifestyle. 
   Food, sleep, stress, toxins, movement, microbiome, light exposure — all alter gene expression. 


3. N-of-1 is the new standard. 
   Studies look at thousands; precision medicine looks at you — your DNA, labs, phenotype, and lived reality. 


4. APOE status isn’t destiny. 
   Sleep quality, glymphatic drainage, antioxidant status, lipid biology, and lifestyle choices matter more than genetics alone. 


5. Methylation and detox genes (MTHFR, GSH pathways) guide targeted nutrient support and detox capacity. 


6. Genetics predict potential — not fate. 
   Personalized medicine gives people control of their trajectory. 

Who This Episode Is For 

• Functional Medicine Practitioners 

Looking to add true precision tools — genomics, omics, phenotype analysis, and N-of-1 frameworks — into clinical care. 

• Health Coaches & Nutrition Professionals 

Supporting clients with lifestyle interventions influenced by genetics, sleep, stress, metabolism, and detox capacity. 

• Functional Medicine Enthusiasts & Patients 

Who want to understand their body at a deeper, data-driven level and learn how genes interact with environment and daily habits. 

This express episode gives you the essentials — concise, powerful, and immediately applicable. 

Connect

FMP Essentials 

Website: www.fmpessentials.com 
Instagram: @fmpessentialshq 

Dr. Yousef Elyaman 

Instagram: @drelyaman 

Dr. Anil Bajnath 

Instagram: @dranilbajnath 
Precision Medicine Practice: Institute for Human Optimization 
Author of The Longevity Equation 
Founder, American Board of Precision Medicine: www.theabpm.org 

Music: “Heroes Approaching – Extended” by tunes2go 

Sponsors

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Disclaimer

This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. 
Listening does not establish a doctor–patient relationship. 
Supplements and products discussed are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent disease. 
Please consult your healthcare provider before making changes.